as the crow flies
Example Sentences
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It was only when samples arrived at the biomedical research laboratory in the capital Kinshasa -- nearly 1,800 kilometres away as the crow flies -- that the Ebola outbreak was confirmed.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
We had a house at the top of Mount Washington where, on a clear day, I could see the downtown skyscrapers surrounding my office—five minutes, as the crow flies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
"We said that a gold mine in Erzincan, which is on an active fault line and 300m away from the Euphrates River as the crow flies, is very dangerous," Mr Torun said.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024
We asked if he wanted water or air conditioning or a ride back to the trailhead, which was about two miles away as the crow flies.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023
They had grown up on farms in Kansas, twenty miles apart as the crow flies, but had not known each other as children.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
